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宮
JLPT N1 SL3 10 strokes Frequency: #367

Meanings

Shinto Shrine, Constellations, Palace, Princess

Radicals

宀

Decomposition

⿱宀呂

Etymology

Pictophonetic: roof

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left
2 dot right-to-left
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
8 vertical bottom-to-top
9 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
10 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
クウ kuu
グウ guu
キュウ kyuu
ク ku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
みや miya

Words Using This Kanji

184 words total
Other (20 words)
王宮 おうきゅう

royal palace

仮宮 かりみや

temporary shrine

宮城 きゅうじょう

Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)

宮内庁 くないちょう

Imperial Household Agency

宮司 ぐうじ

chief priest

宮殿 きゅうでん

palace

宮参り みやまいり

miyamairi

宮廷 きゅうてい

imperial court

宮崎県 みやざきけん

Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)

宮中 きゅうちゅう

imperial court

宮城県 みやぎけん

Miyagi Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

后宮 こうぐう

empress's palace

斎宮 さいぐう

unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor

参宮 さんぐう

pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)

子宮 しきゅう

womb

守宮 やもり

gecko

十二宮 じゅうにきゅう

the twelve zodiacal signs

中宮 ちゅうぐう

the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager

神宮 じんぐう

high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family

黄道十二宮 こうどうじゅうにきゅう

twelve signs of the zodiac

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